Geraldine Brooks's long, happy marriage came to a sudden end when Tony Horwitz died suddenly while on a book tour in 2019. For three years, she struggled to make sense of life without him, trapped in a sorrow she couldn't express. Determined to find the time and space to grieve, she travelled to shack on a remote island. There, alone, she revisited a wonderful marriage and an unfathomable loss.
Memorial Days will be published Jan 24 in Australia, Feb 4 in the United States.
New York Times bestseller
“Brooks’ chronological and cross-disciplinary leaps are thrilling.”
—The New York Times Book Review
“Horse isn’t just an animal story—it’s a moving narrative about race and art.”
—TIME
A discarded painting in a junk pile, a skeleton in an attic, and the greatest racehorse in American history: from these strands, Pulitzer Prize winning Geraldine Brooks braids a sweeping story of spirit, obsession, and injustice across American history.
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Geraldine Brooks
Geraldine was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in fiction in 2006 for her second novel, March. Her novels Caleb’s Crossing and People of the Book were New York Times best sellers. Her first novel, Year of Wonders is an an international bestseller, translated into more than 25 languages and Is currently under option to Olivia Coleman.
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